diff --git a/cmake/QtAndroidHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtAndroidHelpers.cmake
index 17af8c9cd88..9e81e862058 100644
--- a/cmake/QtAndroidHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtAndroidHelpers.cmake
@@ -166,12 +166,9 @@ function(qt_internal_android_dependencies_content target file_content_out)
     if(arg_JAR_DEPENDENCIES)
         foreach(jar_dependency IN LISTS arg_JAR_DEPENDENCIES)
             section(${jar_dependency} ":" jar_file init_class)
-            if (init_class)
-                set(init_class "initClass=\"${init_class}\"")
-            endif()
             # Use unix path to allow using files on any host platform.
             file(TO_CMAKE_PATH ${jar_file} jar_file_unix_path)
-            string(APPEND file_contents "<jar file=\"${jar_file_unix_path}\" ${init_class} />\n")
+            string(APPEND file_contents "<jar file=\"${jar_file_unix_path}\" />\n")
         endforeach()
     endif()
 
@@ -179,13 +176,10 @@ function(qt_internal_android_dependencies_content target file_content_out)
     if(arg_BUNDLED_JAR_DEPENDENCIES)
         foreach(jar_bundle IN LISTS arg_BUNDLED_JAR_DEPENDENCIES)
             section(${jar_bundle} ":" bundle_file init_class)
-            if (init_class)
-                set(init_class "initClass=\"${init_class}\"")
-            endif()
             # Use unix path to allow using files on any host platform.
             file(TO_CMAKE_PATH ${bundle_file} jar_bundle_unix_path)
             string(APPEND file_contents
-                   "<jar bundling=\"1\" file=\"${jar_bundle_unix_path}\" ${init_class} />\n")
+                   "<jar bundling=\"1\" file=\"${jar_bundle_unix_path}\" />\n")
         endforeach()
     endif()
 
diff --git a/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtLoader.java b/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtLoader.java
index bab9ff1d575..3e2a10555c1 100644
--- a/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtLoader.java
+++ b/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtLoader.java
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ abstract class QtLoader {
         }
 
         initClassLoader(baseContext);
-        initStaticClasses(baseContext);
         try {
             initContextInfo(baseContext);
         } catch (NameNotFoundException e) {
@@ -146,45 +145,6 @@ abstract class QtLoader {
         return new ArrayList<>();
     }
 
-    private void initStaticClasses(Context context) {
-        boolean isActivity = context instanceof Activity;
-        for (String className : getStaticInitClasses()) {
-            try {
-                Class<?> initClass = m_classLoader.loadClass(className);
-                Object staticInitDataObject = initClass.newInstance(); // create an instance
-
-                if (isActivity) {
-                    try {
-                        Method m = initClass.getMethod("setActivity", Activity.class, Object.class);
-                        m.invoke(staticInitDataObject, (Activity) context, this);
-                    } catch (InvocationTargetException | NoSuchMethodException e) {
-                        Log.d(QtTAG, "Class " + initClass.getName() + " does not implement " +
-                                     "setActivity method");
-                    }
-                } else {
-                    try {
-                        Method m = initClass.getMethod("setService", Service.class, Object.class);
-                        m.invoke(staticInitDataObject, (Service) context, this);
-                    } catch (InvocationTargetException | NoSuchMethodException e) {
-                        Log.d(QtTAG, "Class " + initClass.getName() + " does not implement " +
-                                     "setService method");
-                    }
-                }
-
-                try {
-                    // For modules that don't need/have setActivity/setService
-                    Method m = initClass.getMethod("setContext", Context.class);
-                    m.invoke(staticInitDataObject, context);
-                } catch (InvocationTargetException | NoSuchMethodException e) {
-                    Log.d(QtTAG, "Class " + initClass.getName() + " does not implement " +
-                                 "setContext method");
-                }
-            } catch (IllegalAccessException | ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException e) {
-                Log.d(QtTAG, "Could not instantiate class " + className + ", " + e);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * Initialize the class loader instance and sets it via QtNative.
      * This would also be used by QJniObject API.
@@ -394,19 +354,6 @@ abstract class QtLoader {
         return localLibs;
     }
 
-    @SuppressLint("DiscouragedApi")
-    private ArrayList<String> getStaticInitClasses() {
-        int id = m_resources.getIdentifier("static_init_classes", "string", m_packageName);
-        String[] classes = m_resources.getString(id).split(":");
-        ArrayList<String> finalClasses = new ArrayList<>();
-        for (String element : classes) {
-            if (!element.isEmpty()) {
-                finalClasses.add(element);
-            }
-        }
-        return finalClasses;
-    }
-
     @SuppressLint("DiscouragedApi")
     private String[] getBundledLibs() {
         int id = m_resources.getIdentifier("bundled_libs", "array", m_packageName);
diff --git a/src/android/templates/res/values/libs.xml b/src/android/templates/res/values/libs.xml
index fe63866f726..38b0a48ea14 100644
--- a/src/android/templates/res/values/libs.xml
+++ b/src/android/templates/res/values/libs.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
         <!-- %%INSERT_LOCAL_LIBS%% -->
     </array>
 
-    <string name="static_init_classes"><!-- %%INSERT_INIT_CLASSES%% --></string>
     <string name="use_local_qt_libs"><!-- %%USE_LOCAL_QT_LIBS%% --></string>
     <string name="bundle_local_qt_libs"><!-- %%BUNDLE_LOCAL_QT_LIBS%% --></string>
     <string name="system_libs_prefix"><!-- %%SYSTEM_LIBS_PREFIX%% --></string>
diff --git a/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp b/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp
index 38749db8736..e90d2d1ed64 100644
--- a/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp
@@ -237,7 +237,6 @@ struct Options
     bool usesOpenGL = false;
 
     // Per package collected information
-    QStringList initClasses;
     // permissions 'name' => 'optional additional attributes'
     QMap<QString, QString> permissions;
     QStringList features;
@@ -1789,14 +1788,10 @@ bool updateLibsXml(Options *options)
         allLocalLibs += "        <item>%1;%2</item>\n"_L1.arg(it.key(), localLibs.join(u':'));
     }
 
-    options->initClasses.removeDuplicates();
-
     QHash<QString, QString> replacements;
     replacements[QStringLiteral("<!-- %%INSERT_QT_LIBS%% -->")] += qtLibs.trimmed();
     replacements[QStringLiteral("<!-- %%INSERT_LOCAL_LIBS%% -->")] = allLocalLibs.trimmed();
     replacements[QStringLiteral("<!-- %%INSERT_EXTRA_LIBS%% -->")] = extraLibs.trimmed();
-    const QString initClasses = options->initClasses.join(u':');
-    replacements[QStringLiteral("<!-- %%INSERT_INIT_CLASSES%% -->")] = initClasses;
 
     // Set BUNDLE_LOCAL_QT_LIBS based on the deployment used
     replacements[QStringLiteral("<!-- %%BUNDLE_LOCAL_QT_LIBS%% -->")]
@@ -2117,10 +2112,6 @@ bool readAndroidDependencyXml(Options *options,
                             usedDependencies->insert(dependency.absolutePath);
                         }
                     }
-
-                    if (reader.attributes().hasAttribute("initClass"_L1)) {
-                        options->initClasses.append(reader.attributes().value("initClass"_L1).toString());
-                    }
                 } else if (reader.name() == "lib"_L1) {
                     QString fileName = QDir::cleanPath(reader.attributes().value("file"_L1).toString());
                     if (reader.attributes().hasAttribute("replaces"_L1)) {